# US 2010/0305589 A1 · Textile implant, in particular for repairing hernias > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2010/0305589 A1 - Document ID: US20100305589A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 12/675,339 - Filed: 2008-08-29 - Published: 2010-12-02 - Earliest claimed: 2007-09-07 - Assignees: Cousin Biotech - Inventors: Gilles Solecki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20100305589A1 ## CPC - A61F 2/0063: {Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes} - A61L 24/0042: {Materials resorbable by the body} - A61L 24/06: obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds {(A61L24/043, A61L24/046 take precedence)} - A61L 31/10: Macromolecular materials - A61F 2210/0004: bioabsorbable - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - A61L: METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES (preservation of bodies or disinfecting characterised by the agents employed A01N; preserving, e.g. sterilising, food or foodstuffs A23; preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes A61K) ## Abstract The present invention relates to a textile implant, in particular for repairing hernias, the implant comprising a textile piece having a first face completely or partially covered in a bio-adhesive composition that is hydrosoluble and absorbable and that comprises at least one bio-adhesive polymer that is hydrosoluble and absorbable, with the adhesive function thereof being activatable in a moist or wet medium. In characteristic manner, said bio-adhesive composition includes less than 4% by weight of plasticizer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A textile implant, in particular for repairing hernias, the implant comprising a textile piece having a first face completely or partially covered in a bio-adhesive composition that is hydrosoluble and absorbable and that comprises at least one bio-adhesive polymer that is hydrosoluble and absorbable, with the adhesive function thereof being activatable in a moist or wet medium, wherein said bio-adhesive composition includes less than 4% by weight of plasticizer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein the bio-adhesive composition includes less than 2% by weight of plasticizer, preferably selected from polyalcohols, in particular polyethylene glycol (PEG). ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein the bio-adhesive composition includes at least one plasticizer having a weight average molecular mass lying in the range 100 g/mol to 700 g/mol. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein the bio-adhesive polymer is selected from the following polymers: carboxymethylcellulose (CMC); polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP); polyacrylics; and preferably polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein the bio-adhesive polymer has a weight average molecular mass lying in the range of 44,000 g/mol to 2.106 g/mol, in particular polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein, on the first face of the textile piece, the bio-adhesive composition is deposited in patterns that are spaced apart from one another by at least 1 mm, preferably at least 1.5 mm. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A textile implant according to claim 6, wherein the patterns are parallel strips, preferably having a width of about 4 mm and spaced apart by about 2 mm. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) A textile implant according to claim 6, wherein the patterns are chiral, i.e., not superposable on their own mirror images, preferably having an S-shape with a width of about 5 mm to 8 mm, a height of about 20 mm, and spaced apart by about 1.5 mm. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A textile implant according to claim 1, wherein the weight per unit area of the textile piece lies in the range of 15 to 200 g/m2, and preferably in the range of 30 to 300 g/m2. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) A textile implant, in particular for intra-abdominal extra-peritoneal hernia repair, the implant being according to claim 1, wherein the weight per unit area of said bio-adhesive composition is greater than or equal to three times the weight per unit area of the textile piece. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A textile implant according to claim 10, wherein the weight per unit area of the bio-adhesive composition lies in the range of 45 to 600 g/m2, and preferably in the range of 90 to 300 g/m2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) A textile implant, in particular for intra-abdominal intra-peritoneal hernia repair, the implant being according to claim 1, wherein: the second face of the textile piece is completely or partially covered in a polymer material having a coefficient of friction of less than 0.1; and the weight per unit area of said bio-adhesive composition is at least equal to or greater than one-third of the weight per unit area of the textile piece. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) A textile implant according to claim 12, wherein the second face is covered in a film of a fluorinated polymer material, preferably expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), in particular in the form of a film. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) A textile implant according to claim 12, wherein the weight per unit area of the bio-adhesive composition lies in the range of 5 to 70 g/m2, preferably in the range of 10 to 40 g/m2.